Random Infodumps of Doom

[meganbmoore]

 anyone read Carol Berg?  I've started reading her Son of Avonar and, while I like the story(exiled noblewoman has amnesiac madman wander up to her house and decides she's keeping him, while her evil brother and his henchman hunt for him, and she hides him mostly to thumb her nose at them)  I am struggling very, very hard with the Random Infodumps of Doom.

They just...pop up from almost nowhere cram tons of stuff in, then go away.

Does she always do this?  Do they last the whole book?  The whole series?  Will they drive me mad?

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[telophase.livejournal.com]

I read something else by her back in 2003-2003 or so. I don't remember the title, and my connection here is too slow to go looking it up, but I enjoyed it enough to finish it, although it had walking, talking, anthropomorphic animals in it, which doesn't usually do anything for me. It had juuust enough of my buttons in it to read.

Right now I've got another of hers, title again forgotten, that starts off with an injured man who gets taken in by a monastic order. I'm not much further than that, so I don't know if I'm going to like it or not. It's not grabbing me yet.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm not reading either of those(though I might...)

I spent the first 70 or so pages of this closing the book every few pages, and then picking it back up and continuing a few minutes later. I think, though, that I've glommed on to why there are all these flashbacks(did I mention that the infodumps tend to be inside flashbacks, too?) and if I'm right, I'll be forgiving.

It's good, even if her style does frusttrate me sometimes.

I don't think it helps, though, that the style of the book I blazed through yesterday was very straightforward and matter-of-fact, which makes for easier reading. it makes this look even more convoluted than it would normally, I think.

(Not big of the anthromorphic animals myself. Tried a Mickey Zucher Reichert a while back that had something along those lines and couldn't get into it, despite normally enjoying her books.)

[telophase.livejournal.com]

The previous book I read *also* had supercilious elves that everyone thought was God's gift to humanity. I think. It was certainly some form of elfy thing that usually bounces me straight out of a book with extreme prejudice, but I was able to ignore it. There was a sort-of 18th or 19th century kind of force occupying a more medieval area, which had me, and there was a mild-mannered on the outside, fierce on the inside character I really liked. I think he may even have worn glasses. I should let rachelmanija know.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

The elves bit aside(I like fae stories, but am tired of the beautiful and perfect elves) that actually sounds pretty interesting.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I *think* it was her first book. I'd look it up but, y'know, wonky wireless connection. :D

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Potentially going to the used bookstores for retail therapy tomorrow anyway.

How much longer until you have yourown internet back?

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I fly back from DC Thursday night. :D